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[Squirrel_Butt]

I went and bought Kaytee timothy hay cubes yesterday and when I got home I noticed that they were greener than I am used to seeing. I went and bought another pack today and this one was the familiar brownish color that I am used to  seeing. A number of other bags of the cubes had the unfamiliar greener color. There wasn't any unusually odor or anything. They feel normal.  Should I allow my chins to eat this?

[GrayRodent]

The greener the better. It's not so good when it is not green because it is old and probably has lost most of its nutrients.

[Jenova]

Green hay is fine, it all starts out as some sort of grass after all.
It can mean darker poos but I find that my rabbits and chinchillas much prefer the greener hays.

[Squirrel_Butt]

Alright then.  I ingested some of it to make sure as well and no ill effects.  Thanks all. 

[GrayRodent]

Here's an article you might be interested in although it's a horse website the same goes for rodents and rabbits. It is on testing hay.

http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/nutrition/hay/testinghay/

[Squirrel_Butt]

Thanks for the link. It really was helpful. 

[mojito]

Its fine it just depends on where it was grown, and lots of other factors. I've seen some really green timothy hay before (I have a horse) that actually looked kinda unnatural. As long as its not all yellow (make sure theres some green in there) and not wet it's fine (wet=mold so be careful)

[Squirrel_Butt]

Thank you all for the responses. It appears the hay was ok afterall as neither the chinnies or me suffered any ill effects.